The need for improved anti-icing surfaces is the demand of the time and closely related to
many important aspects of our lives as surface icing threatens not only industrial production …

Bionic superhydrophobic ice-proof surfaces inspired by natural biology show great potential
in daily life. They have attracted wide research interest due to their promising and wide …

Bioinspired smart functional surfaces have received increasing attention in recent years
owed to their tunable wettability and enhanced droplet transport suggesting them as …

Transparent superhydrophobic coatings with mechanical stability, self-cleaning function,
and anti-reflective property have drawn much attention due to the great potential in a variety …

Nature is the source of human design inspiration. In order to adapt to the environment better,
creatures in nature have formed various morphological structures during billions of years of …

Transparent nanoparticle-based superhydrophobic coatings can be utilized in a variety of
real-word applications. However, one major challenge that limits the practical applications in …

The ordinary superhydrophobic coating exhibits insufficient anti-icing properties in the low
temperature and high humidity environment and poor corrosion resistance after long-term …

Joining metal and glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite (GFRTP) is advantageous
for obtaining a lightweight structure. In this study, a hot-pressing joining of 6061 aluminum …

In this research, a thin film of silica modified with HMDS and PDMS was deposited on the
glass substrates by a spraying method. The thin film characterization was performed using X …

Sustainable wood-based materials with versatile functions such as ultraviolet resistance,
superhydrophobicity, self-cleaning/antifouling capability, etc. have great potential to be used …